Detachable link for fish-hook leaders.



C. H. STAPF.

DETACHABLE LINK FOR FISH HOOK LEADERS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 23, I917- Patented Aug. 7,1917.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. '7, 1917.

Application filed February 23, 1917. Serial No. 150,612.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLns I-I. STAFF, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Prescott, in the county of Pierce and State ofl/Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDetachable Links for Fish-Hook Leaders, of which the following is aspecification.

One object of myinvention is to provide a strong detachable link forconnecting leaders and the like to fish-lines.

Another object of my invention is to provide in a link of the classdescribed a construction that will allow the link to be readilyconnected or disconnected.

Another object of my invention is to provide in a link of the classdescribed, a slidable clasp member having means therein to prevent thesliding of the member when both ends of the link are positioned in theclas Vl ith these and incidental objects in view, the invention consistsof certain novel features of construction and combination of parts, theessential elements of which are hereinafter described with reference tothe drawing which accompanies and forms a part of this specification.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved form of adetachable link and Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line AA of Fig. 1.

I prefer to construct my link by bending a piece of steel wire 1, Fig.1, into a flattened oval shape as shown, with the ends 2 and 3 spacedapart as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

I then form around the wire 1 at 2 a strip of metal 3, preferably brassas better shown in Fig. 2.

The strip is then formed backwardly at 4: so as to receive at the sides5 and 6 the ends 2 and 3 of the wire 1.

A portion of the material of which the strip 3 is made is formedinwardly at 7 and this inward projection extends up to the point 8 sothat it limits the sliding motion of the metal strip 3 on the wire 1 bythe end 2 or the end 3 butting against the inward projection 7.

It is readily seen that either end may be sprung down as at 9 Fig. 1 soas to clear the formed lip 10 and allow any loop to be threaded onto thefree end of the wire.

When either one of the free ends has thus been lifted out of the claspthe strip 3 may be slid in that direction if desired, but when both ends2 and 3 are positioned normally, it is impossible for either of the endsto work free of the clasp through any sliding action of the clasp on thewire.

While I have described my invention and illustrated in one particulardesign, I do not wish it understood that I limit myself to thisconstruction as it is evident that the application of my invention maybe varied in many ways within the scope of the following claims:

Claims:

1. In a detachable link the combination of a flattened oval shaped linkhaving one of its sides continuous and the other side discontinuous, ametal strip having one end thereof formed into a tubular portionsurrounding a portion of the side of said link and the other end formedback toward the body of said strip to serve as a clasp to receive thefree ends of said link and a stop to prevent longitudinal sliding ofsaid strip on said link comprising an inwardly depressed portion of saidmetal strip.

2. A detachable link comprising a strip of fiat metal having one endformed into a tubular shape and the other end formed backwardly into anelongated U section, an inwardly depressed projection positionedsubstantially centrally of the width of said strip, a link formed of asingle piece of wire, one side of said link being positioned in thetubular part of said strip and the other side of said link terminatingin two free ends adapted to be positioned within the U shaped portion ofsaid strip.

CHARLES H. STAPF.

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